Rams 41, 49ers 39

Wow. That was unexpected. After two straight defense-oriented yawners, the 49ers and Rams held an old fashioned offensive barn burner. Easily the most entertaining Niner game in years.

The game was as evenly matched as you can get. Each team had over 400 yards of offense, 300 by passing and 100 by running. They each scored five TDs and 2 FGs. And two turnovers. The Niners got their muffs out of the way in the first quarter, the Rams in the second and fourth. In the end, it all came down to a missed PAT by the Niners and a failed two point conversion.

The most glaring difference between the teams was the pass rush. The Rams had four sacks, the 49ers had zero. Number one draft pick Solomon Thomas was again barely visible, with one tackle representing his only stat of the game. In fact, none of the first five picks in the 2017 Draft Class are contributing anything so far this year, although Reuben Foster most certainly was, before his injury.

Defensive ineptitude by both teams was also equally on display. For the Rams, a bit surprising. One would think Wade Phillips would have his team a top five group, but they’ve been a sieve all three of their games. Maybe the transition from a 4-3 to a 3-4 is not going very smoothly. If it ever gels this season, the Rams will be a legitimate playoff contender. Their offensive turn around, especially the play of QB Jared Goff, has been amazing.

For the Niners, the continued lack of a pass rush is killing them. Their run defense has been solid, a refreshing turn around from last year. But teams with good passing attacks are going to tattoo this group all year long.

On the plus side, Brian Hoyer finally found his groove and the offense at last performed like we all expected a Kyle Shanahan offense to perform. Bolstering the hope that the remaining games this year will be very competitive and entertaining, whether that is reflected positively in the win/loss record or not. The Niners are 0-3 right now, but are clearly better than the 1-2 teams of the previous two years.

46 comments on “Rams 41, 49ers 39”

That was an entertaining game. And, why we can’t generate a pass rush with all our #1 studs is a mystery to me. I guess I am gonna have to take back all the stuff I said about Hyde. He is playing better than I ever expected.

Hyde is a good player and always has been – the only question is, can he stay healthy for most of a season.

As for pass rush, it is easier when you’re winning and teams have to throw. Which means until we stop getting into holes early, we already have a handicap right there, aside from any questions about talent of the personnel. It’s too easy for teams to run the ball and sit on their leads.

LINEBACKERS: F. Ray Ray Armstrong committed his weekly 15-yard penalty, and NaVorro Bowman missed three tackles. The third missed tackle led to a 27-yard gain on third-and-10. He is washed up. Sad.

DEFENSIVE BACKS: D. This unit committed four penalties, including a holding penalty by Dontae Johnson. That penalty came on third-and-7 when Elvis Dumervil sacked Jared Goff. Johnson’s penalty extended the drive and allowed the Rams to score a touchdown. I give the defensive backs a “D” and not an “F” because they didn’t have the benefit of a pass rush.

From Cohn and glad he commented on Dontae. The Dumervil sack was negated by a bonehead, selfish play. WR was mugged. Every O skill player gets a ref. Did he think he could get by with this. He was one on one and very easy for ref to throw flag.

Prime Time says:
September 22, 2017 at 10:07 am
I love how Grant absolutely blasted the Thomas pick.
It’s exactly what I’ve been saying about him.
Too small, not violent and a wasted pick.
The small arms make him look like a T-Rex.

Later Prime says long armed OT own him. Thomas disappeared last night.

“Through three games San Francisco has managed just three sacks, all of them coming in their Week 2 loss to Seattle. Only three teams — the Buccaneers, Dolphins and Jets — have fewer, and two of them, Tampa Bay and Miami, have played just one game so far this season because of Hurricane Irma. The 49ers and Rams are the only teams to have played three contests.”

Above from Barrows. Last three #1 picks on DL. Homer’s are the only ones going to stadium. Like politics, like football. Rest of country got it. I see a lot of Cali plates out here in ND. Phuck you Cali.

Skeebs, worked in Silicon Valley and involved in the microchip revolution, hardware and software. Now in the shale oil and gas revolution.

Out of porous shale rock, oil and gas trapped by impermeable rock above it released by sand proppant opening up fractures allowing escape and capture. Fine, uniform sand with no sharp edges mined in upper Midwest and railed out to sand depots for us truckers.

Infrastructure. Building and rebuilding of roads from heavy bigrig traffic and cold winters. Lots of high paying, blue collar jobs.

Lots of uncompleted wells, drilled 2 miles down with 2 miles plus of laterals and left cased and cemented. Oil prices finally recovered enough that the next step of fracking the laterals with sand slurries at 10,000 psi through holes in the casing going like mad out here in ND, TX, NM, and OK.

There is even recoverable oil in the Monterey shale. Gotta go now and blow off my sand.

Were they burning Ray Rice jerseys after he punched his GF unconscious, Tom? Or Greg Hardy after he was convicted of felony abuse?

No, they were cheered by their respective teams. Yay! Misogyny is fine. Smacking the bitch around is as American as apple pie and tiki torches.

Were they burning Dontae Stallworth jerseys after he ran over and killed a pedestrian while he was drunk? Of course not. Drunk driving is the American way. How about Leonard Little? Or Pacman Jones? He of the 3-strikes-and-well-here’s-a-few-more-chances-and-you’re-still-in policy.

Point being, you choose to draw the line at a silent protest? That’s mighty white of you.

Chuck, you and Skeebs and Bullit and … go back into your left wing bubble. You don’t get it and never will. I could rebut and argue with you bubble boys but it is just wasted effort and Skeebs will censor all of it.

Sorry, Tom, but you’re full of shit. I censor your political stuff, which you can’t seem to help inserting into a whole lot of your comments, despite my repeated requests not to bring politics to this blog. Chuck hasn’t posted here in nearly two years, and only recently replied to one of your posts.

Actually, you and Chuck are the peas in a pod, each of you exhibiting blind, black and white allegiance to all things right or left.

It’s hard not to compartmentalize people into groups but it’s foolish to do so. The world is far to big and the varying needs of it are the motivation for it’s actions and beliefs. Thank God for the laws of nature. Mother nature has it’s own way of separating the wheat from the chaff. Anyway, enough of that $h^t.

I believe we are gonna finally win a game. AZ looks beatable and I think they are ripe for the plucking this week

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